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4. Child_________ she was, she was fit for the job.
4. though/as
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The number of people attending high school and college reunions(重聚)has reduced. There are a lot of people who say Facebook is good enough and that they don't want to get together. Mindy Crouchley is one of them. "I can keep in touch with anyone I'm interested in through this medium(媒介).There's nothing more a reunion could give me."
I am a huge fan of Facebook. But having just at?tended my 40th high school reunion, I can say to Mindy and others that Facebook can't substitute the experi?ences you get at a reunion face to face and across a crowded room. They include the sound of a once-famil?iar voice calling out to you and the pleasure that comes with recognizing an old teammate after only a moment's hesitation.
Facebook is to a reunion what Mindy's yearbook is to a novel ： the level of detail you get on Facebook can't be equal to what you find face to face. For example, a classmate told me about a trip he had taken to see his dying teacher; it taught him the importance of telling people what they mean to you when they are still alive.
Of course nearly half of the 70 students in our class didn't make it. At the closing dinner, a classmate said, "Please raise your glass to the three members of the class of 1971 who have died. " Of course, five and ten years from now, at our next reunions, the list of those to whom we raise a glass will be longer. We may hear about their death through Facebook. But face to face, in a community of classmates, something deeper happens ： you are forced to admit life is short, which makes you feel grateful for your blessings and make the most of what remains.
1.According to Paragraph 1 Mindy Crouchley _________________.
A.is a huge fan of reunions
B. isn't interested in Facebook
C.is afraid of seeing old classmates
D.thinks it unnecessary to attend the face-to-face reunions
2. What does the underlined word "substitute" in Par?agraph 2 mean?
A. Influence. B. Replace.
C. Support. D. Change.
3. Paragraph 2 tells us that the writer ,
A.doesn't like using Facebook
B.thinks highly of face-to-face reunions
C.thinks there are too many kinds of reunions
D.thinks reunions sometimes make people very sad
4.What's the writer's purpose in giving the example in Paragraph 3?
A. To advise us to pay a visit to those who are dy?ing.
B. To prove that old people don't like communica?ting on Facebook.
C. To show that a face-to-face talk is better than a talk on Facebook.
D. To tell us that it is important to let others know we care about them.
5.Hearing about his classmates' deaths in the reunion made the writer .
A.unwilling to attend reunions
B. feel thankful for what he has
C. decide never to use Facebook again
D. want to visit his old friends one by one
10. When he found the question was hard ______________ (answer) ， he decided to give up.
3.我想在大学里学法律，而我堂兄更愿意学地理。
I'd like to study law at university ____________________________ to study geography.
4. Child although he is, he knows a lot about electricity.
9. Hot__________ the night air was, we slept deeply because we were so tired after the long journey.
B
Introductory Chemistry was taught at Duke University for many years by Professor Bonk. One year, two guys took the class and did pretty well on all the quizzes and midterms. They each had a solid A. These two friends were so confident in going into the final that the weekend before the final, despite the chemistry final being on Monday, they decided to go to the University of Vir?ginia to party with some friends.
They had a great time there. However, with their hangovers(宿醉)and tiredness, they overslept all day Sunday and didn't make it back to Duke until early Monday morning. Rather than taking the final then, they found Professor Bonk after the final and explained to him how they missed the final. They told him they went up to the University of Virginia for the weekend and had planned to come back in time to study, but they had a flat tire on the way back and didn't have a spare. So they were late getting back to campus.
Professor Bonk thought this over and agreed that they could take the final the following day. The two guys, happy and relieved> studied that night and went into the classroom the next day at the time that Professor Bonk had told them. He placed them ！n separate rooms and handed each of them a test book?let. He told them to begin.
They looked at the first problem which was something simple about solu?tion (溶 液). It was worth 5 points. Cool，"they thought, "this is going to be an easy final". They then turned the page. They were unprepared, however, for what they saw on it. The question contained only two words ： Which tire? (95 points)
6.The two guys decided to go to the University of Virginia because_______________ .
A. they were afraid of the final
H. there was a match there
C. the final would be held there
D. they thought they could pass the final easily
7. When did they take the final at last?
A.On Sunday. B. On Monday. C. On Tuesday. D. On Saturday.
8. From the passage we know_____________ .
A. the two guys came back to campus late on purpose
B. Professor Bonk wasn't strict with the two guys
C. repairing the flat tire took the two guys a lot of time
D. Professor Bonk didn't believe the two guys' explanation
9.After the final, they_____________ .
A. may apologize to Professor Bonk
B. must have the same scores
C. wouldn't be confident in their chemistry
D. would feel happy and relieved .
10. From the passage we can get a lesson that _______________ .
A. he who makes no mistakes makes nothing
B. he is wise that is honest
C. one never loses anything by politeness
D. think twice before you do
2. 我想搬到一个不像我现在居住的城市污染这么严重的地方。
I want to move to a place which doesn't have_________________________ the city I am living in now.
China is going green. In order to reduce air pollu?tion and oil shortages, automobile manufacturers have announced their plans to develop hybrid vehicles(混合动力车辆)for the Chinese market. Toyota's hybrid car Prius will be ready to drive in China this week. Let's have a look at the new car.
Any vehicle is a hybrid when it combines two or more sources of power. Hybrid cars run on a recharge?able battery and gasoline. Hybrid cars have special engines, which are smaller than traditional gasoline engines. They run at 99 per cent of their power when the car is cruising(匀速行驶).A specially designed bat?tery motor provides extra power for running up hills or when extra acceleration is needed.
Step into a Prius, and turn on the engine. The first thing you notice is how much quieter it is than a tradi?tional car. At this point, the car's gasoline engine is dormant(休目民).The electric motor will provide power until the car reaches about 24 km/h. If you stay at a low speed, you are effectively driving an electric car, with no gasoline being used, and no waste gas gives off.
The on-board (车载的)computer makes the decision about when to use a gas engine, when to go electric, and when to use a combination of the two. If you go over 24 km/h, when you step on the gas pedal (油门)，you are actually telling the computer how fast you want to go.
The electronic motor recharges automatically using a set of batteries. When driving at high speed, the gasoline engine not only powers the car, but also char?ges the batteries. Any time you use the brake, the elec?tric motor in the wheels will work like a generator and produce electricity to recharge the batteries. As a conse-qiience, the car's batteries will last for around 200,000 miles.
1. The author writes this passage mainly to .
A. teach people how to drive a hybrid car
B. introduce a new kind of "green" car
C. show how to save gasoline when driving a car
D. announce plans to develop hybrid vehicles for China
2. Which of the followings is NOT true?
A. The hybrid cars reduce air pollution and oil shortages.
B. The car's gasoline engine doesn't work until it reaches about 24 km/h.
C. This kind of car is completely controlled by an on-board computer.
D. A specially designed battery motor provides extra power when needed.
3. What is the most important feature of hybrid cars?
A. They are powered by both a rechargeable battery and gasoline.
B. They are much quieter than traditional cars.
C. They only use 99 per cent of their power to run up hills.
D. They have smaller engines than traditional gasoline ones.
4. What can we conclude from the passage?
A. The batteries can be recharged at any time you want.
B. Using the brake suggests that the gasoline engine should work.
C. The batteries will last for 200, 000 miles without being recharged.
D. The gasoline engine charges the batteries as well as powers the car.
